In Reversal, U.S. Will Send Vaccine Materials to Stricken India
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U.S. vaccinations are slowing, though new virus cases remain high. Covid wards in Michigan are filled with younger patients.
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Vaccinations at a government hospital in Mumbai this month.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
The Biden administration, under increasing pressure to address a devastating surge of the coronavirus in India, said on Sunday that it had partially lifted a ban on the export of raw materials for vaccines and would also supply India with therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators and personal protective gear.
A pop-up Covid-19 vaccination center in Newark on Friday. The United States is vaccinating fewer people on a daily basis than earlier this month, though coronavirus cases remain stubbornly high.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
Vaccination rates are falling in the United States, despite the spread of highly contagious virus variants that are fueling the country’s alarmingly high caseload.
More than 50,000 new U.S. cases were reported on Saturday, and case rates are similar to those of the second wave last summer. But the average number of vaccine doses being administered each day, which rose for months and peaked at 3.38 million, has now fallen to 2.86 million, its lowest level since March 31, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cases remain high in the U.S., but vaccinations are slowing.
A pop-up Covid-19 vaccination center in Newark on Friday. The United States is vaccinating fewer people on a daily basis than earlier this month, though coronavirus cases remain stubbornly high.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
April 25, 2021, 9:24 a.m. ET
Vaccination rates are falling in the United States, despite the spread of highly contagious virus variants that are fueling a national caseload that remains high enough to underscore concerns of the potential for a new surge.
More than 50,000 new U.S. cases were reported on Saturday, and case rates are similar to those of the second wave last summer, though they have fallen significantly from the third wave over the winter. But the average number of vaccine doses being administered each day, which rose for months and peaked at 3.38 million, has now dropped to 2.86 million, its lowest level since March 31, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and
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U.S. vaccinations are slowing, though new virus cases remain high. Covid wards in Michigan are filled with younger patients.
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Vaccinations at a government hospital in Mumbai this month.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Under pressure from vaccine makers in India who say they need supplies to combat a surge in coronavirus cases, the Biden administration said on Sunday that it had partially lifted a ban against the export of raw materials needed to make vaccines.
Moderna Covid-19 vaccines being prepared at a vaccination site.
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Three-quarters of Americans believe the U.S. government should start donating Covid-19 vaccines to other countries, but only after every person in the U.S. who wants a vaccine has received one, according to a new survey from STAT and The Harris Poll.
At the same time, just over half of Americans said they agree with the idea that the Biden administration should immediately start donating vaccines to other countries in order to achieve global herd immunity, which reflects growing concern that the coronavirus cannot be contained until most of the world is vaccinated.